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Surnames: Brown, Paquette, Scott
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don‘t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index.
Typed by Lora Radiches: 2-25-2005
Surnames mentioned in the biography of Harry V. Brown are: Brown, Paquette, Scott,
HARRY V. BROWN. Among the younger generation of citizens of Floyd County who by
conscientious service and the application of native ability have contributed to the good
government and advancement, few have better records than Harry V. Brown, of New Albany.
Seriously disabled while serving his country as a soldier during the World war, he was
incapacitated by his injuries for a long period, but upon finally recuperating began his
connection with public affairs, and after serving ably in the Legislature was elected in
1928 to the office of county recorder, a position which he fills at this time. Mr. Brown
was born at New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, January 28, 1897, and is a son of Robert
Manning and Anna (Paquette) Brown. His grandfather, a native of England, ran away from
home at the age of fourteen years, boarded a vessel for the United States, and after
spending several years in the East came to Indiana, arriving about 1825. He
married a Miss Scott, who was b!
orn in this state, and they rounded out their lives on a farm in Floyd County. Robert
Manning Brown was born at New Albany, where he was reared and educated, and as a youth
began working in a woolen mill, in which he rose to a foremanship. He married Miss Anna
Paquette, who was born at Adrian, Michigan, and they became the parents of nine children.
Harry V. Brown attended the grade schools of New Albany, and as a youth became clerk in a
general store, a vocation which he followed for four years. He was then employed by the
Illinois Central Railway Company for two years, and was thus engaged when he enlisted in
the United States Army for service during the World war. At the end of seven months he met
with a severe injury which incapacitated him not only for further military service but for
active labor of any kind, and for five and one-half years he was practically an
invalid. This time was not totally wasted, for he applied himself to study and reading,
and eventua!
lly secured employment with the Interstate Public Service Commission,
by which he was employed two years. There he had the opportunity of displaying his
abilities and in 1926 was elected on the Republican ticket as representative from Floyd
County to the State Legislature, in which he served during the session of 1927-1928,
establishing a record for constructive and intelligent work. In 1928 he became his
party’s candidate for the office of county recorder of Floyd County, to which he was
elected for a term of four years. He has proved himself an able, energetic and thoroughly
conscientious official, and has discharged his duties in a capable and expeditious
manner. Mr. Brown is one of the active younger members of the Republican party in Floyd
County, where he has hosts of friends and well-wishers. He belongs to the Masons, the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the American Legion and the Calumet Club, and is
a member of the Evangelical Church.